WritingPrompts

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[WP] You've been trying to learn to cook for a while, and it has been going poorly. Extremely poorly. Your latest and greatest endeavor is faring no better; a dreadful stench has filled your home and a black liquid is oozing and bubbling out of the pot. Then a voice speaks from the sludge.	27
[EU] Eldritch Gods occasionally like to come down to Earth and pretend to be friendly, but unfortunately, they tend not to get a long. When Clifford the Big Red Dog runs into Paul Bunyan, they take to their true forms for a stand off.	27
[WP] There's a kid in your class who is always exercising. If he finishes a quiz a little early, he's doing situps. In study hall, he's doing push-ups in the corner. You're not sure how far he lives, but he always runs to school, no matter the weather. One day you decide to try and keep up with him.	27
[WP] You buy a fresh stack of sticky-notes. You tear off the plastic wrapping, and use a couple notes a day as normal. When you're about a third of the way through them, you tear one off, and find a message already written on the sticky-note underneath. It looks hand-written, and just says HELP.	27
[WP] While cleaning, you move a carpet in your basement and find a hidden manhole cover. Curious, you open it with a crowbar, and surprisingly the air coming from it doesn't smell nasty. Actually, it smells... fresh.	27
[WP] A serial killer paints using their victim's blood, and then leaves the paintings at the scenes of the killings. These pictures are the only clue as to where each body might be hidden. You are a detective on the case.	26
[WP] You were confused when a prolific artist was added to your special forces team for a dangerous mission, but when you're cornered by the enemy, the artist whips out a tactical palette and begins painting a new exit on the wall behind you. Their worth becomes apparent as you retreat through it.	26
[WP] Most people don't remember their past lives. Your child does, and from the point they can talk onwards, you realize they are more intelligent, wise, and knowledgeable than you. They also refuse to discuss their previous life. One day, out and about, your child says: "We're being followed."	26
[WP] Deities are willed into existence by those that choose to believe in them. Had you known this, you wouldn't have started the rumors about a deity that gives students good luck on tests if they throw quarters into the old gym equipment shack. Now the god exists, and he wants his quarters.	26
[WP] Magical encyclopedias have been spread throughout the world. Those who come to posses them can summon and control whatever things their book has information on. (One book might be an encyclopedia of 'Reptiles A-F,' another might be 'Minerals G-L,' etc.	25

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